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When reading Tacitus, the barbarians and enemies of Rome such as Calgacus can be easily sympathised with. Were these people intentionally portrayed positively by Tacitus, or have modern biases changed the way we perceive them?

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According to Mary Beard's SPQR, the early Roman Kingdom required every citizen to fight, except the very poorest. This seems to differ from modern warfare, where the rich are more likely to be exempt. Why was this not the case in Ancient Rome?

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Not making this mistake again -- permanent connectivity issues on Pixel 7a.

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What proportion of the citizenry of the post-Roman successor kingdoms was Roman as opposed to Germanic?

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When reading Tacitus, the barbarians and enemies of Rome such as Calgacus can be easily sympathised with. Were these people intentionally portrayed positively by Tacitus, or have modern biases changed the way we perceive them?	10	AskHistorians
According to Mary Beard's SPQR, the early Roman Kingdom required every citizen to fight, except the very poorest. This seems to differ from modern warfare, where the rich are more likely to be exempt. Why was this not the case in Ancient Rome?	4	AskHistorians
Not making this mistake again -- permanent connectivity issues on Pixel 7a.	1	GooglePixel
What proportion of the citizenry of the post-Roman successor kingdoms was Roman as opposed to Germanic?	1	AskHistorians